Chapter 1694:

Lucille, visibly shaken, allowed herself to be led away, casting a sympathetic glance back at her daughter.

Left alone, Dolores stood rooted in place, bewildered. “What’s gotten into Dad? He promised he’d help me.”

Lowell barely looked up as he gathered the scattered papers on his desk. His tone was casual, almost amused. “He changed his mind because the second he…”

Calmed down, he realized how ridiculously stupid it would be to help you manipulate Shaun into sleeping with you.”

A tense silence stretched between them. Then, slowly, Dolores’s lips curled into a knowing smile. “You really are seeing someone Mom and Dad wouldn’t approve of, aren’t you?”

“Nope.”

click of her heels punctuating the silence. She lifted Lowell’s chin with a single finger. She purred, “You might have them fooled, but you can’t fool

head and locked eyes with Dolores, her smile laced with mischief. He replied

“Are you hinting you’ve got a

of your concern. Best of luck with your plan of snaring

office. He departed hastily, burdened

night, leaving Lowell drained as he returned to the house he shared with

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sound of Tracy’s humming floated through the door, and her melody chased away the

in her neck, inhaling deeply, and

just pondering how close we are to our special day,”

caught off guard, exclaimed, “Really? It seemed much further

sympathy. “I hate to see you wait. It won’t be long now

to his parents? They had dreams of him marrying into wealth to boost the family’s fortunes. In his family’s eyes, love was secondary to wealth—a bitter truth,

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